Ok, im 14, 6'1, in 8th grade and I could easily grab the rim, but can barely dunk. My friend was saying that its not that big of a deal and is little bit decent for my age and height to grab rim. He disappointed me cuz I thought dat grabbing rim at my age was impressive but i guess not. Hes 5'10 and can barely touch backboard and is saying **** about my hops. So now im working hard as hell just to show him and everybody else that I could jump. So what do I have to do to just impress people? Slam it down?

there isnt an impressive vertical leap for your height, a lot of people dream of just touching the rim, be happy with what you have, keep trying to jump and eventually you will grip a leap that will allow you to dunk and show your friend who is doubting you.

Jumping/Dunking impresses me none. What impresses me is being a team player, being able to pull up at angles and use the glass for a bank shot, baseline hook shots, coming off a screen using a pump fake then stepping back for the 3. Dunking aint nothing... its the all around game that should impress.

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Not that impressive, but don't rush it. In high school, I could not dunk regularly (mostly with a volleyball), I swear almost to the day I graduated, my body developed and I was able to dunk in pickup games on the towns courts...very disappointed in one sense, but of course, nice to be able to do so.

My brother who was 3 years younger than me and about 6 foot at the time in 7th grade was able then to easily go up off two legs and grab rim with two hands, I guess maybe that was more dissapointing than anything.

Overall point I guess is that you have a great base to work with, don't over do the plyos, work on getting stronger overall total body, dabble with a little plyos and continue to work on the game itself.

I now work in a high school and the things kids can do now at such a young age is unreal both with a basketball and in physical feats.

Ok, im 14, 6'1, in 8th grade and I could easily grab the rim, but can barely dunk. My friend was saying that its not that big of a deal and is little bit decent for my age and height to grab rim. He disappointed me cuz I thought dat grabbing rim at my age was impressive but i guess not. Hes 5'10 and can barely touch backboard and is saying **** about my hops. So now im working hard as hell just to show him and everybody else that I could jump. So what do I have to do to just impress people? Slam it down?

dont worry about it in a year u will be dunking it trust me im 5'10 and i can grab rim which is really decent but no one cares unless u can dunk it.

what's impressive is you fail in english class huh?
just joking man but whenever you can start going to the gym and work on your claf muscles, and just jump whenever you can, put some weights in your legs, and run up stairs, this should help you get a higher jump. But your upper body plays a huge part too, maintain a healthy stomach to provide you more lift in your step.